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02-25-2014, 06:31 PM #85Legendary RSR Poster
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02-25-2014, 06:58 PM #87
Re: BREAKING: Michael Sam is gay
Elkington has a history of making stupid tweets. This one is actually the least offensive in my opinion. Still, he shouldn't have tweeted that or be surprised when it pissed some people off.
Now what Elkington had to say about Sams being given way too much media coverage is spot on. Sams is, barely, a mid-round type player who showed a remarkable lack of athletic ability at the combine. If he wasn't gay, none of us would know his name. I want my football focused on football. During combine coverage I want to see and hear football related news. What someone does in the bedroom is not football related news."A moron, a rapist, and a Pittsburgh Steeler walk into a bar. He sits down and says, “Hi I’m Ben may I have a drink please?”
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02-25-2014, 06:59 PM #88Veteran Poster
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Re: BREAKING: Michael Sam is gay
No, it shouldn't. Then again the "topic of Sam" shouldn't be "hot" either, except for the PC, lemming MSM trying to push an agenda.
And the joke was innocuous, not even original, and the idea that I am supposed to be upset about it is absurd. Anyone who is acting upset about it, is either feigning injury or has issues, imo (the former is by far the most likely explanation).
"Gays as effeminate" jokes are old news. And they exist because there is a kernel of truth to them (even if obviously not with Sam). One look at NBC parading around Johnny Weir is all it takes to understand the derivation of such jokes. Every sitcom contains similar jokes. As do stand-up routines.
The bottom line is, the story, the associated "reactions," and the "reactions to the reactions" has moved fully into parody territory.
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02-25-2014, 07:10 PM #89Legendary RSR Poster
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02-25-2014, 07:18 PM #90
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Re: BREAKING: Michael Sam is gay
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Re: BREAKING: Michael Sam is gay
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02-25-2014, 07:33 PM #92Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: BREAKING: Michael Sam is gay
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02-25-2014, 07:50 PM #94Veteran Poster
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Re: BREAKING: Michael Sam is gay
Not even close to appropriate analogies. But of course you know that.
Physical characteristics? Not applicable.
Symbolic (and manufactured) racist stereotypes? Not applicable.
History of persecution of Jews and blacks. Not applicable.
If Elkington joked Sam would be in charge of interior design for the locker room, you are just as upset? Or if he was in charge of team hairstyling?
This joke is on par with jokes about old people who can't drive. Kernel of truth. Innocuous joke. And a whole bunch of strained and feigned indignation by the usual agenda-driven suspects.
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02-25-2014, 08:19 PM #95Legendary RSR Poster
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02-25-2014, 08:32 PM #96
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Re: BREAKING: Michael Sam is gay
To me, it would be akin to taking a Jewish prospect and saying he did really well at the "Counting Money" event in the Combine.
Maybe you think that's a harmless joke. I still think it touches at some deeper seeded prejudice.
In the end, I guess Michael needs to be ready for it. Because on the field, with trash talk, this stuff is going to come out. And he needs to prepare himself mentally to not let it affect him..
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“When I think of a Baltimore Raven - we go in there, we take your lunch box, we take your sandwich, we take your juice box, we take your applesauce, and we take your spork and we break it. And we leave you with an empty lunch. That’s the Baltimore Raven way.” - Steve Smith Sr.
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